2011/3/2 David Robillard <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 22:15 +0100, Olivier Guilyardi wrote: >> On 03/02/2011 08:55 PM, Stefano D'Angelo wrote: >> > What I don't really get is why you would ever want visualization, >> > since that is more related to sound analysis, that LV2, as of now, >> > doesn't really support (yes, you can do whatever you want, but don't >> > tell me about spectrograms... that stuff is better suited to Vamp and >> > the like as of now - this may change, hopefully, however). >> >> Visualization can allow realtime feedback of the applied effect as well as >> improved interaction. >> >> About my previous compressor example: imagine a single area where you have >> both >> the input and the output waveform. It allows you to see the applied >> compression >> but not only. The threshold above which the compression is applied can be >> represented as an horizontal line which could be moved up and down. >> >> Another example is a visual EQ as the one found in Jamin, where you both see >> the >> live spectrum and can adjust frequency bands level. > > Yawn. Personally I've always considered my ears better judges of audio > than pixellated waveforms on a screen. > > Knobs and speakers were good enough for some of the most brilliant sonic > artists ever, and they're plenty good enough for me too. They also have > the benefit of being tactile and spontaneously creative, unlike clickey > screeney uninspiring computer staring nonsense. Feel free to spend your > time on screen things, but I would much rather spend my time on sound > things. It's sort of the whole point... > > Just my opinion, if anyone cares. It's heavily influenced by the severe > lack of developer manpower around here - we're talking about what colour > to paint the car with no engine. More people with wrenches and time - > and fewer people with paintbrushes and opinions(*) - certainly wouldn't > hurt.
But you can't pretend everybody has the same "workflow" and understanding as yours. I'm, for example, more a visual kind of person. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
